Heel for boots or shoes.



PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908. G. F. HAMEL & W. G. VOLLMAYBR.

HEEL FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1007.

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CHARLES F. HAWEL AND WILLIAM G. VOLLMAYER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed August 24, 1907. Serial No. 389,949.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. HAMEL and WILLIAM G. VOLLMAYER, ofToledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Heels for Boots or Shoes and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in heels for boots or shoes andit has for its objeet to provide a heel at the point of greatest wearwith a rigid metal striking portion which shall be held absolutely frombecoming loose or disengaged.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a heel with a metalcontacting or striking portion which extends vertically through the heellifts adjacent to the rear margin of the heel, with means for firmlybracing the striking portion to hold the same from breaking through theheel.

A further object is to cushion the shock resulting from contact of themetal striking portion with a hard floor or pavement.

A further object is to provide a shoe or boot heel with a durablestriking portion which shall in no way detract from the neat appearanceof the shoe or boot on which it is applied.

With the foregoing objects in view the invention is constructed, and itembodies the novel combination, arrangement and the details ofconstruction hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boot or shoe heel with our inventionembodied therein; Fig. 2 is a bottom face view of the heel detached;Fig. 3 is a like view showing the leather lifts removed and showing themetal striking portion with its expanded head in position upon thecushioned lift. Fig. 4. is a vertical section through the heel.

Referring to the drawings, the heel comprises a plurality of leatherlifts 1, 1, 1, and an upper lift 2 of rubber or like cushioningmaterial. Extending vertically through the leather lifts adjacent totheir rear margins is a metal striking portion 3 which is preferablydivided into segments 4, the leather lifts being punched out to receivethe segments, there being integral connecting portions 5 of leatherbetween the segments by which the narrow portions of the lifts to therear of the striking portion, are held from breaking away as the heel isworn.

Integral with the striking portion 3 and extending directly inward in aplane at a right angle from its upper end is a flat expanded head 7disposed between the two uppermost lifts, that is. between the uppermostleather lift and the rubber or cushioned lift, the extremity of theexpanded head being approximately at the center of the heel. The head 7is thus firmly positioned between the two uppermost lifts and thestriking portion owing to its angular position relative to the head iseffectively braced and held from breaking through the rear of the heel.To provide additional securing means by which the head 7 is more firmlyheld in position between the lifts and to eliminate the tendency tocreep, there are oppositely deflected points 9 and 10 at the extremity 8which enter and firmly engage the lifts between which the head is held.To eliminate the shock resulting from repeated contact of the metalstriking portion in walking upon a hard pavement, the upper cushionedlift is provided, the shock upon the striking portion being absorbed bythe elastic cushion with which it contacts directly. and by providing abroad expanded head for the striking portion the shock is distributedover a large area of the cushion.

The heel is shown complete in Fig. 2 and is adapted to be constructed asan article of manufacture for attachment to either old shoes or to newones while being manufactured. WVhere the heel is attached to old shoesthe same is secured by means of nails 11, as shown in Fig 1, the portionof the heel containing the striking portion being free from nails toinsure maximum elasticity.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

In a heel, a plurality of superimposed leather lifts and an upperelastic lift thereon, a metal member having a striking portion disposedin a vertical direction through the leather lifts adjacent to their rearmargins, and a flat, expanded, integral portion constituting a head forthe striking portion. the head extending inwardly from the strikingportion and taking a position between the upper leather lift and theelastic lift with its as our own We afiix our signatures, in presinnerextremity approximately at the center ence of two witnesses.

of the heel, and oppositely deflected points CHARLES F. HAMEL.

at the inner extremity of the head adapted WILLIAM G. VOLLMAYER. toenter and engage the lifts in contact with Witnesses:

the head, substantially as described. FREDERICK O. SCHAAL,

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing VINCENT M. VOLLMAYEBN

